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I would also like to thank Matt and John for giving me an opportunity to work on the set. Using Google Drive as our main platform allowed for problems to be pinpointed very easily and also allowed for us to arrive at solutions to those problems just as easily. I would like to think that using the co...

The Ununtiable Twine · Re: Chicago Open Trash at UL Lafayette (8/7/16) *reserved for field update

*reserved for field update

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Greetings! A mirror of Chicago Open Trash will be held on the campus of the University of Louisiana at Lafayette on Sunday, August 8, 2016. The tournament will start at 9:00 AM. This tournament will take place in either Judice-Rickels or Moody Hall. The tournament is open. This will also be accompan...

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Field (teams/buzzers/mods):
The Sund Also Rises (Sundberg/Ware) (1)
Tulane (1/0/1)
Outlaws of the Marshall (Marshall/Lloyd/Rosato) (1)
Louisiana Tech
Rice

Free agents:

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Greetings! Louisiana Open III will be held on the campus of the University of Louisiana at Lafayette on Saturday, August 6, 2016. The tournament will start at 9:00 AM. This tournament will take place in Moody Hall and will use this year's D2 ICT set . Therefore, if you have heard either of this year...

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LONG LIVE TAKERU KOBAYASHI

GREATEST CHAMPION OF ALL-TIME

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I actually think this idea is an excellent idea in general. Scheduling a Skype mirror of a set for, say, retired persons a couple of weeks before the set is played anywhere is an interesting thing to think about. Older people both enjoy quizbowl (and have fewer opportunities to do so) and can typica...

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Personally I think using the event as a playtest is a great idea, but at the same time I think that since it *is* in fact being used as a playtesting session, you should cut those fees by a bit. Pros: you'll get lots of feedback and you'll have a couple of weeks to polish your tournament. Cons: well...

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With the new move towards tossing up theoretical math in the last couple of years, and particularly coming off the NASAT, I was interested in hearing how people are studying or prepping math theory. Are there any good texts or clusters of information hat would help a team get started with this? I h...

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Assuming this runs on Side Event Weekend, will there potentially be a Skype mirror for those of us who are unable to make it out to one of the physical locations? (Please say yes please say yes please say yes) ^ I won't be attending side event weekend but would VERY much like to play this! *nods in...

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Ike wrote:Oh look! A music tournament that I can beat JL at! Sign me up!

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But what if your match against him consists of nothing but music from Shining Force games and you foolishly neg the first question? WHAT THEN, Jose???

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A 21st-24th bracket doesn't exist in which a 3-game round robin could be played. It's the difference between teams playing 3 games and playing 7 in the 17th-24th bracket of reality. And like I said, I'm basing this idea off of stats from the past few years, which seem to indicate that the teams in ...

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Sometimes when you play in a pool of eight, an upset occurs and you have a three-way tie for first at 6-1 (or similar ties on down the line). The third-best team of the bunch typically loses that tiebreaker and so, while that sucks, the two best teams typically advance, which is a perfectly okay thi...

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This post goes into a detailed comparison regarding the 15% of answerlines at ACFNATIONALS and the material that I put into LIMITLESS INDALECIO, as well as to clear up some simple points about how other people fuck up writing too. It happens. Anyway this is a long post, you're more than welcome to r...

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tl;dr - I am not a liar. Proof! I don't mean to drag this on, but I don't like being called a liar (in a public forum read by tons of individuals I interact with on a professional basis, at that) and really wish some people wouldn't shitpost claiming that I am one. You're better than that, quizbowl...

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http://i.imgur.com/zhRyvbj.png Will you marry me? But in all seriousness, I do not like to be accused of lying. I fail to see how I lied about the difficulty of this packet. Perhaps my definition of difficulty and the reader's definition of difficulty for this niche topic are different. In fact, al...

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I have taken all of the criticism to heart, guys. It actually was a data collecting exercise, believe it or not. I know that's hard to believe at this point, but I'll probably post particulars later. Can we agree that the packet lived up to its name, at least? Please, whatever you do, don't think fo...

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I can assure you that there will be tons of material from games people have played before at CULEX. I guarantee you! Of the 12 tossups I've written so far, 11 of them feature clues from such games, and the other is from a game I assure you some people in the field have played before, and even if not...

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There are a couple points that haven't yet been made: 1) Despite Jake's repeated insistence that everyone involved knew what they were getting into, this is blatantly a lie. In the original thread, he makes claims that "a lot of people will want to play these questions!" and tries to orga...

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I just wish we could all take a step back from ourselves and realize that sometimes fun is just fun, and there's not a need for this overarching, passive aggressive "advice" like the OP is spewing. People are probably going to be somewhat lenient about these things anyways if you're a new...

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I think there's a reasonable point to be extracted from Ike's posts, and that is that writers of questions on niche topics should still remember that people are going to hear and try to answer them. Considerations of clue and answer choice should not just be thrown out the window in these circumsta...

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15. In the song “Worlds Collide”, the mandatory faltering of these entities is mentioned in reference to a path the singer must choose. But "Paradoxes must break / This is the path I must take" And so as someone who actually paid for this shitty game's soundtrack and listened to it 20 tim...

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Could I see the tossups on New Orleans and quintic? "Bring radicals" are defined in terms of zeroes of these expressions, and are used to write other zeroes of them. Because the splitting fields associated with these expressions do not always have solvable (*) Galois groups, the Abel-Ruff...

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I would like to remind people of what Charlie once told me about not criticizing events that you weren't at. It's a great point and holds true to this day, and will continue to hold true. That advice is extended to this discussion without delay. In the words of the immortal Allen Iverson: We're tal...

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congratulations, you're fighting about the quality of video game questions written for video game nerds edit: not that they shouldn't be good but y'all telling each other to eff off is pretty dumb This point is good. Agree with it. The packet actually played very well for the intended audience, eve...

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Oh-kay! Here we go. While I enjoy more quizbowl and enjoy playing some of them, I think it's worth taking a step back and just talking about their creation as a whole. I understand that the stakes are kind of low here, but I think the general principle is also applicable to normal quizbowl, so bear ...

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Bubalus Period wrote:
jasongg17 wrote:Completely besides the point, but Shin Megami Tensei IV is where all of my high level myth knowledge comes from.
Now just wait for that myth toss up on the mad gasser of mattoon

who knows, it might come up at culex - you never know

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And on the extra twelve questions,

Jason Thompson 6/2/0/1
Dylan 2/0/0/2
Tejas 1/0/0/1
Adam 0/0/1/0
Rob 0/0/0/0

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INSANITY PRELUDE went as follows:

Dylan Minarik 3/3/2
Rob Carson 2/2/0
Jake Sundberg 0/4/2
Tejas Raje 0/1/1
Adam Escandell 0/1/3

Congratulations on several outstanding buzzes.

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To absolutely no one's surprise, Jason Thompson won The 7th Saga by posting a scoreline of 4/5/2 (shootout style). The packet came in second (8 dead!) , followed by Dylan Minarik in third with 2/0/0, Adam Escandell in fourth with 1/1/0,Rob Carson in fifth with 0/1/0, and Tejas Raje with 0/0/0. Bonus...

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We need a couple of scoresheets. Can someone bring some sheets?

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Escandell is the leader in the clubhouse so far! Why? Because he's the only one to turn in predictions to me! Get those guesses in, folks!

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There have been numerous requests for another reading of the questions at another time. We can probably arrange a skype mirror, or even a mirror at NSC, or even both. We will see what transpires.

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Two prizes will be awarded at LIMITLESS INDALECIO. The high scorer for the game will receive my copy of The 7th Saga for SNES. The winner of the competition described below will receive a complete copy of Final Fantasy IV for the DS. COMPETITION! : I want each of the participants to write down 25 th...

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Oh by the way, we still have room for another couple of people in the main room if anyone wants to play. If anyone besides those who have posted here is remotely interested in playing this, please PM me or post here on Friday so I can get another reader if need be. Of course, spectators are welcome ...

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As far as I know (Jake, please confirm), the plan is to read these packets after Imaginary Landscape is over, ca. maybe 11pm? Also, Rob and Dylan, I recommend against defeating the robot. Otherwise it's creator might turn into a skeleton and start spamming Laser on you. This seems to be the best op...

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Unfortunately, Eric Douglass has to drop from our quartet of doom. If anyone else would like to join Jason Thompson, Jonathan Thompson, and myself (preferably someone who is up to snuff on newer pop-culture stuff, if at all possible) feel free to contact me via PM.

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I certainly don't plan to cross schedule with Imaginary Landscape. I was talking to Eddie about perhaps running the event after Imaginary Landscape. This would make the event run past like midnight but in reality INDALECIO won't take too long so this is probably feasible. I may also be playing Imagi...

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Ah, I found an additional 12 JRPG tossups in my inbox. I believe these are unspoiled to non-Illinois people so we can read these after the event for the interested parties.

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lumosityfan wrote:I would be willing to help read for this event!

I'll definitely keep this in mind if we do in fact need a second room (which I hope we do!). Thanks a bunch!

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I'm fine with whatever format ends up happening, but you can also play bonuses in a shootout, by just reading them to everyone. That's how we did, I think, Ryan's packet at the guerrilla RPG fest at whichever MO that was, and I'm pretty sure everyone still enjoyed it. You also have the advantage of...

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considering there's only two packets and probably not that many people who want to play would it be easier to just run a shootout format? There are a lot of people who want to play these questions! They just haven't posted in the thread yet, young master. My guess is that Jason wouldn't mind having...

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Y'all be sure to sign up/notify me that you're coming/post in this thread/whatever. Also, Jason is 40% with INSANITY PRELUDE at last check, so there should be even more fun times.

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This is the official thread for LIMITLESS INDALECIO / INSANITY PRELUDE , a bunch of hard JRPG questions to be read at HSNCT and potentially other places if this kind of thing interests more folks. LIMITLESS INDALECIO is my work and INSANITY PRELUDE is the work of renowned JRPG enthusiast Jason Thomp...

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What if, on his great southern journey, Jordan Palmer presented me with some sort of honorary Canadian citizenship award for being a great host to Canadians? Am I then eligible? I am both: *friendly to Canadians, especially Jordan Palmer *from southern Louisiana, which automatically means Canadians ...

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Yes. At some point it was determined by someone that Eric Mukherjee is the sixth-best active player. Unsurprisingly, Chicago and Michigan both believe they are the best team in the country. Their arguments were entertaining and somewhat compelling, however nothing was decided either way. We got thro...

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Honestly, if at this point you're not convinced, I don't know what to say. Jordan Brownstein is good at quizbowl and deserves a spot in your top 25. dude i just kinda skimmed your post and it just seemed like a bunch of gobbledygook to me, i was kinda looking for reasons to vote for him and all i r...

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FWIW, I'll be attending Auburn in the fall and trying to revive the quizbowl program. As of now, the only other person I know there with an interest in playing is Mark Morris, but I'm planning on definitely playing ACF Fall, SCT, and maybe some various other things hosted in the South. Chandler, th...

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Unlike Will, I will actually self-critique in my post as it's been awhile since anyone from other regions has seen me play. Nick Collins - Nick is an exceptional art player and a noted classical mythology player. He doesn't quite have the all-around generalist game just yet but he has shown a bit of...

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Congratulations to Baton Rouge Magnet for winning the Louisiana NAQT State Championship! Stats can be found below. Prelims: http://www.hsquizbowl.org/db/tournaments/3750/stats/prelims/ Combined: http://www.hsquizbowl.org/db/tournaments/3750/stats/combined/ All Games: http://www.hsquizbowl.org/db/tou...

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